1914–15 Rochdale A.F.C. season

The 1914–15 season saw Rochdale compete in The FA Cup for the 7th time and reached the second round proper. The also competed in the Central League and finished 9th.

Rochdale
1914–15 season
StadiumSpotland Stadium
Central League9th
FA CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague: William Brown
All: William Brown

Statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Central League F.A. Cup Lancs Snr Cup Manc Snr Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   ENG Billy Biggar 40 0 27 0 5 0 5 0 3 0
DF   ENG Jack Barton 39 0 28 0 5 0 5 0 1 0
DF   ENG Bob Lilley 21 0 14 0 2 0 5 0 0 0
MF   ENG Jim Tully 50 2 37 1 5 0 5 1 3 0
DF   SCO Robert Neave 50 8 37 7 5 1 5 0 3 0
MF    J.L. Kay 46 1 33 1 5 0 5 0 3 0
MF   ENG Archibald Rawlings 46 4 35 4 4 0 4 0 3 0
FW   ENG William Kelly 48 19 35 12 5 4 5 1 3 2
FW    William Brown 49 31 36 21 5 1 5 5 3 4
MF    W.S. Anderson 18 3 15 1 0 0 3 2 0 0
MF   ENG Albert Smith 50 10 37 6 5 0 5 2 3 2
MF    A. Walker 8 1 6 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
DF   ENG Charlie Milnes 25 1 18 1 5 0 2 0 0 0
GK    W. Plumley 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   ENG Ernest Hawksworth 19 9 13 5 3 2 0 0 3 2
DF   ENG Vince Hayes 7 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF    P. Pickup 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO Danny Crossan 13 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
MF    J. Tattersall 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF    Towers 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW    Haynes 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF    T. Southworth 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK    B. Holt 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF    Alfred Caldwell 8 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
GK    John Swann 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   ENG Tweedale Rigg 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW    H. Fletcher 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Competitions

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Central League

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1 September  1914 (1914 -09-01) 1 Rochdale 4–1 Liverpool Reserves Rochdale
Brown  
Rawlings  
Kelly   
 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2000
8 September  1914 (1914 -09-08) 2 Southport Central 1–0 Rochdale Southport
 
Stadium: Haig Avenue
12 September  1914 (1914 -09-12) 3 Rochdale 3–0 Huddersfield Town Reserves Rochdale
Brown  
Smith   (pen.)
Rawlings  
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1000
19 September  1914 (1914 -09-19) 4 Stalybridge Celtic 0–0 Rochdale Stalybridge
Stadium: Bower Fold
26 September  1914 (1914 -09-26) 5 Rochdale 1–1 Stalybridge Celtic Rochdale
Anderson  
 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3000
3 October  1914 (1914 -10-03) 6 Huddersfield Town Reserves 0–0 Rochdale Huddersfield
Stadium: Leeds Road
Attendance: 1000
10 October  1914 (1914 -10-10) 7 Rochdale 1–1 Burnley Reserves Rochdale
Brown  
 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 3000
17 October  1914 (1914 -10-17) 8 Blackpool Reserves 3–3 Rochdale Blackpool
 
 
 
Brown   
Neave  
Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 1000
24 October  1914 (1914 -10-24) 9 Rochdale 0–1 Manchester City Reserves Rochdale
 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
31 October  1914 (1914 -10-31) 10 Rochdale 5–1 Blackburn Rovers Reserves Rochdale
Kelly   
Brown   
Tully  
 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1200
7 November  1914 (1914 -11-07) 11 Liverpool Reserves 5–1 Rochdale Liverpool
 
 
 
 
 
Neave  
Stadium: Anfield
14 November  1914 (1914 -11-14) 12 Bury Reserves 1–3 Rochdale Bury
 
Smith  
Brown  
Hawksworth  
Stadium: Gigg Lane
28 November  1914 (1914 -11-28) 13 Crewe Alexandra 1–0 Rochdale Crewe
 
Stadium: Gresty Road
12 December  1914 (1914 -12-12) 14 Burnley Reserves 4–1 Rochdale Burnley
 
 
 
 
Hawksworth  
Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 4000
25 December  1914 (1914 -12-25) 15 Rochdale 1–1 Stockport County Reserves Rochdale
Brown  
 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
26 December  1914 (1914 -12-26) 16 Rochdale 6–1 Barnsley Reserves Rochdale
?   (o.g.)
Brown    
Smith   (pen.)
Rawlings  
 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1500
1 January  1915 (1915 -01-01) 17 Rochdale 1–1 Bolton Wanderers Reserves Rochdale
Smith  
 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1000
2 January  1915 (1915 -01-02) 18 Manchester United Reserves 4–0 Rochdale Manchester
 
 
 
 
Stadium: Old Trafford
16 January  1915 (1915 -01-16) 19 Port Vale 2–1 Rochdale Stoke-on-Trent
 
 
Kelly  
Stadium: Old Recreation Ground
23 January  1915 (1915 -01-23) 20 Rochdale 6–1 Crewe Alexandra Rochdale
Kelly  
Brown    
Hawksworth   
 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
6 February  1915 (1915 -02-06) 21 Rochdale 2–3 Bradford City Reserves Rochdale
Kay  
Smith  
 
 
 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1000
13 February  1915 (1915 -02-13) Abandoned Bradford City Reserves 0–0 Rochdale Bradford
Stadium: Valley Parade
16 February  1915 (1915 -02-16) 22 Rochdale 0–1 Preston North End Reserves Rochdale
 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 500
20 February  1915 (1915 -02-20) 23 Blackburn Rovers Reserves 1–2 Rochdale Blackburn
 
Haynes  
Rawlings  
Stadium: Ewood Park
24 February  1915 (1915 -02-24) 24 Manchester City Reserves 1–1 Rochdale Manchester
 
Brown  
Stadium: Hyde Road
Attendance: 4000
27 February  1915 (1915 -02-27) 25 Rochdale 0–1 Oldham Athletic Reserves Rochdale
 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1400
6 March  1915 (1915 -03-06) 26 Rochdale 1–1 Bury Reserves Rochdale
Brown  
 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1000
13 March  1915 (1915 -03-13) 27 Preston North End Reserves 0–1 Rochdale Preston
Kelly  
Stadium: Deepdale
20 March  1915 (1915 -03-20) 28 Rochdale 1–2 Port Vale Rochdale
Brown  
 
 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1200
24 March  1915 (1915 -03-24) 29 Bolton Wanderers Reserves 2–2 Rochdale Bolton
 
 
Kelly   
Stadium: Burnden Park
Attendance: 3000
27 March  1915 (1915 -03-27) 30 Barnsley Reserves 2–1 Rochdale Barnsley
 
 
Kelly  
Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 1000
31 March  1915 (1915 -03-31) 31 Bradford City Reserves 0–0 Rochdale Bradford
Stadium: Valley Parade
3 April  1915 (1915 -04-03) 32 Rochdale 7–1 Blackpool Reserves Rochdale
Milnes  
Neave     
Brown  
Kelly  
 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
5 April  1915 (1915 -04-05) 33 Stockport County Reserves 1–0 Rochdale Stockport
 
Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 3000
10 April  1915 (1915 -04-10) 34 Everton Reserves 1–2 Rochdale Liverpool
 
Hayes  
Smith  
Stadium: Goodison Park
13 April  1915 (1915 -04-13) 35 Rochdale 1–0 Southport Central Rochdale
Hawksworth  
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 500
17 April  1915 (1915 -04-17) 36 Oldham Athletic Reserves 1–3 Rochdale Oldham
 
Brown   
Southworth  
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 2000
24 April  1915 (1915 -04-24) 37 Rochdale 0–0 Manchester United Reserves Rochdale
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1000
27 April  1915 (1915 -04-27) 38 Rochdale 2–2 Everton Reserves Rochdale
Neave  
Kelly  
 
 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1000

F.A. Cup

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21 November  1914 (1914 -11-21) Q4 Rochdale 3–2 Stalybridge Celtic Rochdale
Kelly      
 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4000
5 December  1914 (1914 -12-05) Q5 Rochdale 2–0 Hartlepool United F.C. Rochdale
Brown  
Neave  
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 2000
19 December  1914 (1914 -12-19) Q6 Rochdale 2–0 Watford Rochdale
Kelly  
Hawksworth  
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
9 January  1915 (1915 -01-09) 1 Rochdale 2–0 Gillingham Rochdale
Walker  
Hawksworth  
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 6000
30 January  1915 (1915 -01-30) 2 Oldham Athletic 3–0 Rochdale Oldham
Donnachie  
Kemp  
Gee  
Report Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 18668

Lancashire Senior Cup

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23 September  1914 (1914 -09-23) 1 Fleetwood 2–3 Rochdale Fleetwood
 
 
Brown   
Anderson  
Stadium: North Euston Hotel
Attendance: 1000
5 October  1914 (1914 -10-05) 2 Rochdale 3–2 Nelson Rochdale
Anderson  
Brown  
Tully  
 
 
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1000
20 October  1914 (1914 -10-20) 3 Rochdale 2–0 South Liverpool Rochdale
Kelly  
Smith  
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1000
9 November  1914 (1914 -11-09) SF Oldham Athletic 0–2 Rochdale Bury
Brown   
Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 1500
7 December  1914 (1914 -12-07) F Burnley 4–1 Rochdale Manchester
 
 
 
 
Smith  
Stadium: Hyde Road
Attendance: 2000

Manchester Senior Cup

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16 March  1915 (1915 -03-16) 2 Rochdale 2–0 Oldham Athletic Rochdale
Brown  
Smith  
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
19 April  1915 (1915 -04-19) SF Hurst 2–5 Rochdale Ashton-under-Lyne
 
 
Hawksworth  
Brown    
Smith  
Stadium: Hurst Cross
1 May  1915 (1915 -05-01) F Stockport County 4–3 Rochdale Manchester
 
 
 
 
Kelly   
Hawksworth  
Stadium: Hyde Road
Attendance: 6000

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References

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  1. ^ Rochdale AFC: The Official History 1907–2001 by Steven Phillipps. ISBN 1874427097